Find Standing Stones In The North

Replica of a Roman-era rock carving near Risingham in Northumberland, showing a standing male figure believed to represent a local god or guardian spirit.

Stone cairn near Carr Edge in Northumberland, built in 1927 to commemorate Baden-Powell’s 1908 visit for the first official Scout camp.

A Romano British stone, thought to be from the 2nd or 3rd century, only discovered in the 1970s when the river swelled and revealed his cheery disposition at Waters Meet near Acomb.

A historical stone containing a Pictish carving dating back to the the 7th century.

The Bowstones are Anglo Saxon cross shafts dating to the 9th or 10th century, located on the outskirts Lyme Park’s ridge with links to Robin Hood.

A six foot high stone marking the site of the battle of Moss Raploch, where Robert the Bruce is rumoured to have rested.

Three prehistoric standing stones overlooking Dubh Loch.

A large memorial stone commemorating the Battle of Culblean near Ballater.

A standing stone sitting on the remote Deel's Hill in the Cheviots, however it's most likely a gatepost or a cattle rubbing post.

A pre-Norman boundary stone from 950AD marking the border between English Northumbria and the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde.

The base and part of the shaft of an old wayside marker on the old Roman Stanegate Road.

The tallest standing stone in the UK reaching a whopping 7.6 metres located in All Saints Church graveyard in Rudston.

Long Meg and Her Daughters are a series of curious Neolithic standing stones forming a circle on a hillside in the western foothills of the Pennines.

Two boundary stones where the kings and queens of the Yetholm gypsies were crowned.

Three tall Neolithic standing stones sitting in a line in Boroughbridge near Knaresborough.

A monument to two shepherds who lost their lives in a snow storm and ultimately led to the formation of the Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team.

The remains of a medieval cross with only a socket stone and stone shaft still standing.

A monument to Robert Loraine, who was brutally murdered by Border Reivers in Kirkhale.

A 3m tall standing stone in a field in East Lothian dated back to the Bronze Age.

A small rock arch off the coast in South Shields near Souter Lighthouse.

A standing stone marking the northern source of the River Tyne in Deadwater.

A small marker stone where Robert Lumsden murdered Isabella Sudden in 1610.

A 4m standing stone, most likely a headless cross, maybe thrown there by giants or the devil.

A prehistoric standing stone with cup markings.

A large rock sitting in Collywell Bay at Seaton Sluice that a local once grew things on.

A blue stone that has links to the Saxons, the black death, vaccinations and strongman feats!

Quite simply the biggest free standing boulder in Northumberland!

A standing stone celebrating the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

A tall stone marking Queen Victoria's Jubilee.